# Highlight category

With the extension "Highlight category" you can, as the name says, highlight a category in the top navigation.

To do this, you activate the highlighting via a custom field in the corresponding category.

<figure><img src="/files/g3ssJH0q4jVlwEOucsKL" alt=""><figcaption><p>Highlighted category in top navigation</p></figcaption></figure>

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## Configuration

### **Theme configuration**

1. Go to the "**Header**" tab
2. Expand the "**Top navigation**" block
3. Scroll to the section "**Link (highlighted)**"
4. Now configure the highlighting as you like
5. Save your changes after editing

### Highlight category (custom field)

1. Switch via the main navigation to the "**Category managment**" (1) (2) ("Catalogues" => "Categories")
2. Choose the category you want to edit (3)
3. To the right of the category list, the corresponding category now opens in the category editor (4)
4. You are in the tab "**General**"
5. Scroll to the block "**Custom fields**"
6. Activate the highlighting with the custom field "**Highlight category**" and the option "**yes**"
7. Save your changes

<figure><img src="/files/w84WkMKYHL6LodAEmPU7" alt=""><figcaption><p>Shopware 6 "Category managment"</p></figcaption></figure>

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## Summary

#### Theme configuration

* Tab "Header" => Block "Top navigation" => Section "Link (highlighted)"

#### Custom field

* [Highlight category](/additional-features/custom-fields/categories/highlight-category.md)


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